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I mean do you feel -- obviously theres a lot of countries involved in this. is it pretty well covered? do you feel like more assets would help? or was that almost diminishing returns? >> well, it depends how far south and into the indian ocean you look. i mean i can tell you the indian ocean goes so far, there probably isnt enough ships and aircraft in the world to search every inch of it. if you take a map of the united states, superimpose that stretching from the north to the south indian ocea...

Wanting the u.s. navy out here looking. >> are there enough assets in this region? i mean do you feel -- obviously theres a lot of countries involved in this. is it pretty well covered? do you feel like more assets would help? or was that almost diminishing returns? >> well, it depends how far south and into the indian ocean you look. i mean i can tell you the indian ocean goes so far, there probably isnt enough ships and aircraft in the world to search every inch of it. if you take a map of the...

>> great question. the indian ocean is tremendously deep. i think the answer is not really. what we do first is search the surface of the water. if necessary, these -- the p8 and p-3 can drop sonar buoys. lets say we found the black box and thought we knew where it was, that could be used to detect that frequency and triangulate it. so we have a very slight ability to penetrate underneath the surface of the water but for the most part its the surface and then that very initial sonar buoy later. ...

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Aircraft in the world to search every inch of it. if you take a map of the united states, superimpose that stretching from the north to the south indian ocean, its kind of like saying, all right, i want to find a person somewhere between new york and california. i just dont know where they are. so thats the challenge here. >> its extraordinary when you put it like that. commander marks, i appreciate you being on, thank you. good luck to all of you out there searching. thank you. and the search c...

We appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule. i want to bring in chad myers. he is in the cnn weather center. this search area keeps expanding. >> i wanted to ask commander marks. he is here. the kidd is up heare. i wanted to ask why ma, where malaysia thinks the plane is because of the last ping. maybe we can get him back tomorrow or the next day. theyll be very, very busy. i wonder if those helicopters can fly over land? oh, commander, youre still there. >> i listen to you on the ne...

Need our focus. >> i have a question from jim sciutto for you. >> commander marks, the p-8 is a new air frame down there with remarkable surveillance capabilities. can you describe how that works in searching a size as large as the indian ocean? >> sure. the p-8 is the very latest in our technology. its a significant upgrade over the p-8 and its the most advanced type of the plane in the world right now. its 20% faster and can fly at 500 knots compared to 420 for the p-3. it gives you more searc...

Specially when you consider the size of the area. we have some very intelligent pilots and air crew out there. they are making the best of it. >> commander william marks, thank you. we know you are very busy. we appreciate you taking the time to come here. we want to bring in our meteorologist, chad myers. this search area just keeps expanding, doesnt it? >> it does. >> i want to ask commander marks. he is here in the south china sea. none of them, either one of those ship is is really where the...

North of japan, then south to australia and beyond. we have 70 to 80 ships and submarines, about 100 aircraft. we have continuous 24/7 operation everywhere from japan through the east china sea, south china sea, and of course in the indian ocean. so i think were about right when you balance all of our responsibilities and the amount of area any one ship and helicopter can reach. >> commander marks, sounds like a herculean task to me. thanks so much for taking some time out to talk with us. we ap...